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The second Thursday practice
session for the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix would see both Williams F1 drivers,
Valtteri Bottas and Pastor Maldonado, take to the track very early. Pastor
had finished an encouraging sixth in the first practice session while
Valtteri was still finding his way around this street circuit. Gutierrez
would set the first time with a 1m:24.850 but he was quickly beaten by
Chilton with a 1m:22.121. Pastor would go fastest with a 1m:18.863 with
Gutierrez now second. Valtteri had set a 1m:25.895 on his first lap.
Valtteri would go fastest with a time of 1m:18.360 seeing Pastor second.
Only three drivers were still in their pits, including both Red Bull cars.
Perez would move ahead of Valtteri with a 1m:17.854 but he was
quickly beaten by Raikkonen with a 1m:17.309. Both Williams drivers
continued to run on the soft tyre as Ricciardo moved into third.
Grosjean would go fastest with a 1m:16.99, making it a Lotus one-two. Vergne
was now third from Perez and Valtteri. But the times were rapidly improving
as Di Resta went third, 1m:17.337. Rosberg would go fastest, 1m:16.589, but
Grosjean would improve with a 1m:16.096 to again be quickest. Other drivers
would improve as Massa went second with a time of 1m:16.301 with Rosberg third and Hamilton
now fourth. Valtteri had dropped to tenth and Pastor twelfth. But Valtteri
would find some time setting a 1m:17.841 to be ninth. Alonso would move into
second, 1m:16.300, while Rosberg would move back to the top of the times
with a 1m:15.843. Grosjean had also improved with a 1m:15.998 as Webber went
sixth on his first run. Valtteri was now twelfth and Pastor fifteenth.
Hamilton would move up to second, 1m:15.963, with Grosjean now third
followed by Webber, Alonso, Massa, Button, Raikkonen, Sutil, and Di Resta
tenth. On his next lap Alonso would go fastest with a 1m:15.519. Fifteen
minutes of the session had been completed and the track was now quite empty
as drivers completed their first runs. Vergne would be the first out on the
super soft tyre setting a 1m:17.374 to be eleventh. Vettel had yet to set a
time after been delayed in his pit as his team completed work on his car.
Raikkonen was on the super soft tyre setting the fastest sector one time. He
would move up to sixth with a 1m:16.066. With a 1m:17.184 Vergne would move
up to tenth. Valtteri would come back out followed by Pastor. Other drivers
weer using the super soft tyres including Chilton. Valtteri continued to use
the soft tyre as Vettel finally came out. He would be joined by others
including Rosberg. Raikkonen would give his super soft tyres a breather and
was able to find time setting a1m:15.511 to go fastest.
Rosberg was also on the option tyre and would use them to good effect going
fastest with a 1m:14.759, to be 0.752 seconds ahead of Raikkonen. Valtteri
and Pastor were now fourteenth and fifteenth with times of 1m:17.605 and
1m:17.692. Hamilton would also come out on the option tyre followed by
Webber. Hamilton was on a quick lap but could not match Rosberg's times.
Hamilton would finish in second with a 1m:15.077. Valtteri had pitted again
with an hour remaining. Vettel would have a KERS issue seeing his pit as
Grosjean would hit the barrier at Ste Devote ending his session. At the time
he was on the option tyre with the accident damaging his left front
suspension. The Lotus would be craned away but the session would be red
flagged as a result of kerb damage at the swimming pool. The clock would
continue with just over fifty minutes remaining. The session would
re-commence with more drivers coming out on the option tyre. Alonso would go
third with a 1m:15.196 with Webber fourth with a 1m:15.404.
As for Williams both Valtteri and Pastor would go out on the super soft tyre
with Pastor setting a 1m:16.857 to be fourteenth prior to pitting again.
Valtteri was now down in eighteenth with a time of 1m:17.264. Massa would
move up to fourth, 1m:15.278. Valtteri would pit joining Pastor. Both
Rosberg and Hamilton were on longer runs on the option tyres as the track again cleared. Webber would
come back out on the soft tyre followed by Alonso with just over thirty
minutes remaining. More drivers had taken to the track including both
Williams drivers. Currently Pastor was fourteenth and Valtteri eighteenth.
Despite having found time Pastor had dropped from his sixth in the first
session to be way down the order in the second. Longer runs were now
occurring with twenty minutes remaining. The track was now very busy with
only Vergne still in his pit. Pastor was running on the super soft tyre and
Valtteri the soft. Hamilton would pit after his long run with just over ten
minutes remaining. He would complete a pit stop taking on the soft tyre
returning to the track.
Both Williams drivers were on longer runs as the session drew to a close
with Perez completing a practice pit stop. Pastor would pit having completed
thirty five laps in the session. Perez would stop at the end of the pit lane
seeing his mechanics rush down to him. They would fix the issue and he would
head out onto the track. Pastor would also come back out with four minutes
remaining. Valtteri would also come in for a practice stop taking on the
option tyre. The session would come to an end with Rosberg still fastest
from Hamilton, Alonso, Massa, Webber, Raikkonen, Grosjean, Button, Vettel,
and Di Resta tenth. For Williams their second session could have worked out
better with both drivers down the times. The drivers would complete
practice starts on the grid prior to returning to their pits. Pastor would
finish the session in fourteenth and Valtteri eighteenth. Even using the
option tyre neither driver had been able to find a significant improvement
in their times so it is hard to judge how they will perform on Saturday in
qualifying but once again it was looking like a difficult weekend for the
team. |
